DARPA has approached the industry to create a small, single-use, unpowered delivery drone that will self-destruct once its mission is over.
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Carter rejects South Korea’s request for 4 key technologies
South Korea’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo met his U.S. counterpart Aston Carter on Oct. 15 at the Pentagon. Carter rejected Han’s request to transfer four key technologies crucial to the KF-X fighter program.
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Source: KAI
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India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test aborted after 700 seconds
India’s third attempt at testing its indigenous Nirbhay cruise missile has failed again after the weapon was launched at 11:38 a.m. local time on Oct. 16 from the Integrated Test Range.
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Lockheed Martin demonstrates laser weapon that fires in all direction at transonic speed
Up till now, a laser weapon system mounted on a aircraft can only engage targets in front while flying close to the speed of sound. Lockheed Martin has overcome the barrier with its Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) turret.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
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DARPA’s DyNAMO to enable independently designed networks to share information
DARPA has published the Broad Agency Announcement solicitation for its Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization (DyNAMO) program, which seeks to enable current incompatible airborne radio networks to share information and adapt to sporadic jamming.
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